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#7. Luke Harper - Publicly requested his release from WWE
Luke Harper is now enjoying his time away from WWE, where he's AEW star Brodie Lee. AEW is the perfect place for him and perhaps it's something he anticipated.
In early 2019, Luke Harper made a bold move and publicly declared that he asked WWE for his release, but he was immediately shut down. Before that, he was with Erick Rowan as a part of The Bludgeon Brothers and they enjoyed a relatively successful but short run - including winning the SmackDown Tag Team Championships at WrestleMania 34.
There's no doubt that Luke Harper was among WWE's most underutilized stars and that was none more exemplified than in early 2017 when he started getting over as a babyface. Many fans felt that he should have been in the WrestleMania 33 WWE title match with Randy Orton and Bray Wyatt, but was brushed away quickly enough. In hindsight, that's exactly what they should have done and that was perhaps just the cherry on the topping of many situations leading to Luke Harper wanting WWE to release him. In early 2020, he got it, and he's now happy in AEW.
Teddy Long snaps when Swerve Strickland's race is brought up HERE
